ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  469'

decision of the court, such notes shall be transcribed, and after
being signed by the witnesses, deponents or affiants shall be-
come a portion of the record of the case, to be transmitted by
the judges of the court to the Court of Appeals. By consent
of the parties to the proceedings in which such proofs shall be
taken and of the judges of said court, the signing of such,
record of proof by the witness, deponent or affiant, may be
waived; in which case such record, after being authenticated
by the certificate of said stenographer, or of the presiding judge
of the court, shall be deemed to be the record of any proofs or
proceedings so taken. The stenographer shall receive as com-
pensation for his services the sum of twelve dollars for
each day of actual attendance at the court, by direction of
the presiding judge thereof, which sum the presiding judge-
shall cause to be paid equally by the respective parties to the
proceedings in which the notes shall be taken, and shall en-
force payment thereof; and if the notes so taken shall be tran-
scribed, as hereinbefore provided, the expense of such tran-
scriptions shall be taxed in the bill of costs of the proceedings
to the party appellant, and shall thereafter be awarded as costs
by the Court of Appeals in accordance with the provisions of
the Code of Public General Laws.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take-
effect on and after June 1, 1931.

Approved April 6, 1931.

CHAPTER 172.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 16 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Montgomery County, " sub-title "Schools, " said new sec-
tion to be known as Section 870A and to follow immediately
after Section 870 of said Article, to provide funds for
traveling and other expenses of the Board of Education of
Montgomery County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930' Edition), title "Montgomery Count}